HUMANISTIC TRADITION - HUM 2250
EXAM STUDY SET
In what year did Joseph J Thompson identified the electrons. - ANSWER 1897
Who was Joseph J Thompson? - ANSWER he was an English physicist who in 1897
identified electrons.
Who was Max Planck - ANSWER he was a German physicist who suggested that light
waves sometimes behaved as quanta.
What is quanta? - ANSWER separate and discontinuous bundles of energy.
Who were the two american physicists who determined that the speed of light is a
universal constant. - ANSWER Albert Michelson and Edward Morley
After what year did a more comprehensive model of the universe began to emerge? -
ANSWER after 1880
At the turn of the 20th century who presented the universe model? - ANSWER Isaac
Newton
Why did the modern physicists challenge the universe model? - ANSWER they found that
the law of newton's principia did not apply to and they discovered a more
comprehensive study of astronomical bodies and microcosmic world of atomic
particles.
Quantum Physics - ANSWER a field more comprehensive study of astronomical bodies
and microcosmic world of atomic particles.
Who is Albert Einstein? - ANSWER A German physicist who made public his special
theory of relativity in 1905.
In what year did Albert Einstein made public his special theory of relativity? - ANSWER
1905
What is the special theory of relativity? - ANSWER a radically new approach to the new
concepts of time, space, motion, and light, known as equation E = mc^2.
What was Albert's theory? - ANSWER He theorized that as an object's speed
approached the speed of light, its mass increased and its length contracted. No object
can move faster than light, and light did not require any medium to carry it.
Einstein's Bigbang Theory held that - ANSWER all measurable motion is relative to some
other object, and that no universal coordinates, and no hypothetical ether, exists.
,What year was Atomic bomb first tested? - ANSWER 1945
What year did Max Planck announce his quantum theory? - ANSWER 1900
What year did Henry Ford introduce the Model A automobile? - ANSWER 1903
In what year did Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead (British) publish their
Principia Mathematica? - ANSWER 1910
What is Principia Mathematica? - ANSWER a systematic effort to base mathematics in
logic.
In what year did Niels Bohr (Danish) apply quantum theory to atomic structure? -
ANSWER 1913
In what year did Einstein announce his general theory of relativity? - ANSWER 1916
What is the Theory of Relativity? - ANSWER Laws of physics are the same for all non
accelerating observations, and that the speed of light within a vacuum is the same no
matter the speed at which an observer travels.
Werner Heisenberg built on Einstein's theories and theorized that - ANSWER since the
very act of measuring subatomic phenomenon altered them, the position and the
velocity of a subatomic particle could not be measured simultaneously with absolute
accuracy.
What is the Principle of Uncertainty? - ANSWER In 1927 Heisenberg stated that the more
precisely the position of a particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can
be known; replaced the absolute and rationalist model of the universe with one whose
exact mechanism at the subatomic level are indeterminate.
What is the benefit of Quantum Physics? - ANSWER humankind have a better
understanding of the universe and how the operation of the universe is more remote
from the average person's understanding.
What does the practical implications of new physics include? - ANSWER radar,
computers, and consumer electronics.
atomic fission - ANSWER splitting of atomic particles and atomic bombs
Mass and energy were the beginnings of - ANSWER humans realizing the physical world
from an atomic and universe scale.
Who were Modernist poets? - ANSWER early 20th century poetry that rejected their
predecessors. and strayed away from the self indulgent sentiments of the 19th century
romantics, and the idealism of the symbolists. Adopted a conceptual and abstract
literary style opposed to romanticism.
Who were the imagists? - ANSWER a group of poets who wanted to focus on abstraction
to achieve an intrinsic and essential form of poetry.
, Who was Ezra Pound? - ANSWER an American expatriate who became the most
influential imagist poet.
What was the Imagists style? - ANSWER used free verse in favor of the westernized style
of fixed metter and rhythm.
What did Ezra pound called to? - ANSWER eliminate all extraneous matter to arrive at an
abrupt and discontinuous juxtaposition of images.
For what reason did T.S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot) advanced the modernist agenda
strongly? - ANSWER to rid modern poetry of romantic sentiments.
T.S. Eliot held that poetry - ANSWER must seek out verbal formula or objective
correlative that gives precise shape of feeling.
Who because of his formal education was considered the most erudite and articulate
literary figure of his time? - ANSWER T.S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot)
Who was declared as one of the most famous American poets? - ANSWER Robert Frost
Like his peers Robert Frost rejected - ANSWER romantic sentimentality but embraced
the older tradition of western lyric poetry, usually short in length, with tones of emotion
and personal feelings.
By avoiding dense allusions and using learned references, Robert Frost - ANSWER
conveyed deep affections for natural landscape and sympathy of frailties of human
conditions.
Pablo Picasso constantly updated his work which included - ANSWER the African
influenced style to cubism, surrealism and realism.
Pablo Picasso was a master and pioneer of - ANSWER cubism, surrealism and realism.
Picasso was well known and - ANSWER had ability to create any style which was
prominent during the time.
Who was Pablo Picasso? - ANSWER founder of surrealism and cubism style and created
many distinct pieces influenced by these new styles.
Picasso assaulted tradition with the landmark painting known as - ANSWER Les
Demoiselles d_Avignon which led the way to Cubism.
The early 20th century art in italy, - ANSWER futurists linked artistic expression to the
machine technology of speed, electric lighting and the new phenomenon of moving
pictures.
What did Frank Lloyd Wright invest in the early 20th century architecture? - ANSWER
the techniques of glass and steel technology and the functional principle of the
cantilever with the aesthetics of Japanese art to create a modern style of domestic
architecture.
EXAM STUDY SET
In what year did Joseph J Thompson identified the electrons. - ANSWER 1897
Who was Joseph J Thompson? - ANSWER he was an English physicist who in 1897
identified electrons.
Who was Max Planck - ANSWER he was a German physicist who suggested that light
waves sometimes behaved as quanta.
What is quanta? - ANSWER separate and discontinuous bundles of energy.
Who were the two american physicists who determined that the speed of light is a
universal constant. - ANSWER Albert Michelson and Edward Morley
After what year did a more comprehensive model of the universe began to emerge? -
ANSWER after 1880
At the turn of the 20th century who presented the universe model? - ANSWER Isaac
Newton
Why did the modern physicists challenge the universe model? - ANSWER they found that
the law of newton's principia did not apply to and they discovered a more
comprehensive study of astronomical bodies and microcosmic world of atomic
particles.
Quantum Physics - ANSWER a field more comprehensive study of astronomical bodies
and microcosmic world of atomic particles.
Who is Albert Einstein? - ANSWER A German physicist who made public his special
theory of relativity in 1905.
In what year did Albert Einstein made public his special theory of relativity? - ANSWER
1905
What is the special theory of relativity? - ANSWER a radically new approach to the new
concepts of time, space, motion, and light, known as equation E = mc^2.
What was Albert's theory? - ANSWER He theorized that as an object's speed
approached the speed of light, its mass increased and its length contracted. No object
can move faster than light, and light did not require any medium to carry it.
Einstein's Bigbang Theory held that - ANSWER all measurable motion is relative to some
other object, and that no universal coordinates, and no hypothetical ether, exists.
,What year was Atomic bomb first tested? - ANSWER 1945
What year did Max Planck announce his quantum theory? - ANSWER 1900
What year did Henry Ford introduce the Model A automobile? - ANSWER 1903
In what year did Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead (British) publish their
Principia Mathematica? - ANSWER 1910
What is Principia Mathematica? - ANSWER a systematic effort to base mathematics in
logic.
In what year did Niels Bohr (Danish) apply quantum theory to atomic structure? -
ANSWER 1913
In what year did Einstein announce his general theory of relativity? - ANSWER 1916
What is the Theory of Relativity? - ANSWER Laws of physics are the same for all non
accelerating observations, and that the speed of light within a vacuum is the same no
matter the speed at which an observer travels.
Werner Heisenberg built on Einstein's theories and theorized that - ANSWER since the
very act of measuring subatomic phenomenon altered them, the position and the
velocity of a subatomic particle could not be measured simultaneously with absolute
accuracy.
What is the Principle of Uncertainty? - ANSWER In 1927 Heisenberg stated that the more
precisely the position of a particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can
be known; replaced the absolute and rationalist model of the universe with one whose
exact mechanism at the subatomic level are indeterminate.
What is the benefit of Quantum Physics? - ANSWER humankind have a better
understanding of the universe and how the operation of the universe is more remote
from the average person's understanding.
What does the practical implications of new physics include? - ANSWER radar,
computers, and consumer electronics.
atomic fission - ANSWER splitting of atomic particles and atomic bombs
Mass and energy were the beginnings of - ANSWER humans realizing the physical world
from an atomic and universe scale.
Who were Modernist poets? - ANSWER early 20th century poetry that rejected their
predecessors. and strayed away from the self indulgent sentiments of the 19th century
romantics, and the idealism of the symbolists. Adopted a conceptual and abstract
literary style opposed to romanticism.
Who were the imagists? - ANSWER a group of poets who wanted to focus on abstraction
to achieve an intrinsic and essential form of poetry.
, Who was Ezra Pound? - ANSWER an American expatriate who became the most
influential imagist poet.
What was the Imagists style? - ANSWER used free verse in favor of the westernized style
of fixed metter and rhythm.
What did Ezra pound called to? - ANSWER eliminate all extraneous matter to arrive at an
abrupt and discontinuous juxtaposition of images.
For what reason did T.S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot) advanced the modernist agenda
strongly? - ANSWER to rid modern poetry of romantic sentiments.
T.S. Eliot held that poetry - ANSWER must seek out verbal formula or objective
correlative that gives precise shape of feeling.
Who because of his formal education was considered the most erudite and articulate
literary figure of his time? - ANSWER T.S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot)
Who was declared as one of the most famous American poets? - ANSWER Robert Frost
Like his peers Robert Frost rejected - ANSWER romantic sentimentality but embraced
the older tradition of western lyric poetry, usually short in length, with tones of emotion
and personal feelings.
By avoiding dense allusions and using learned references, Robert Frost - ANSWER
conveyed deep affections for natural landscape and sympathy of frailties of human
conditions.
Pablo Picasso constantly updated his work which included - ANSWER the African
influenced style to cubism, surrealism and realism.
Pablo Picasso was a master and pioneer of - ANSWER cubism, surrealism and realism.
Picasso was well known and - ANSWER had ability to create any style which was
prominent during the time.
Who was Pablo Picasso? - ANSWER founder of surrealism and cubism style and created
many distinct pieces influenced by these new styles.
Picasso assaulted tradition with the landmark painting known as - ANSWER Les
Demoiselles d_Avignon which led the way to Cubism.
The early 20th century art in italy, - ANSWER futurists linked artistic expression to the
machine technology of speed, electric lighting and the new phenomenon of moving
pictures.
What did Frank Lloyd Wright invest in the early 20th century architecture? - ANSWER
the techniques of glass and steel technology and the functional principle of the
cantilever with the aesthetics of Japanese art to create a modern style of domestic
architecture.
